Using a variable as part of a javascript object property

Question

Another very simple question.

I have some code like this:

var a = {"foo":"bar"};

Which creates an object called a with a property called foo with value bar.

I'd like to do this:

var propName = "foo";
a = {propName:"bar"};

And for the two a objects to be the same.

How do I do that?

(Context is that I'm building an object to pass to jQuery's css method)

Stefaan Colman · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-23 12:57:15Z

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You must set it in two steps:

var a = {};
a[propName] = 'bar';

answered Jan 23, 2011 at 12:57

Stefaan Colman

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